November 2024

Getty Images Fixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, say senior doctors, after a proposed law on assisted dying has passed to the next stage of parliament. The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) says there is a risk the funding needed to pay for doctors and the courts […]

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When winter winds to an end, there are plenty of things to look forward to — warm weather, blooming flowers, cookouts and the beach. But, for many people, that last item comes with a bit of hesitation. Before you strip down to that bikini, that winter weight has got to go. So when spring and […]

BBC Nik Ward is disappointed the bill has passed and worries about its implications for vulnerable people Terminally ill people are a step closer to being able to choose when they die after MPs voted to support a proposed change to the law. The right to an assisted death will be granted to people with […]

The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to assisted dying, external. Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942. Its Dignitas facility – which accepts foreign patients as well as Swiss nationals. Between 1998 and 2023 it helped 571 Britons to die, external. Assisted suicide […]

Getty Images MPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill will now face many more months of debate and scrutiny by MPs and peers, who could choose to amend it, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament needed for it to become law. It is […]

MPs’ vote to back the legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales is historic. It means such a law has moved a step closer to being passed – but it is only one step along a path likely to last many months. Even then, the legislation could take two years to come into force. […]

Are there really risks to putting fluoride in public water supplies? – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says fluoride can cause health problems and wants it removed from our drinking water. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder, […]

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Dr Mike Blaber has called for more funding and more focus on improving end-of-life care The state of end-of-life care needs needs to be “fixed” before considering legalising assisted dying, a palliative care specialist has said. MPs across the country are set to vote on Friday whether to take […]

EPA For the first time in almost a decade, MPs will vote on Friday on giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to have an assisted death. While it’s something that remains illegal in most countries, more than 300 million people now live in countries which have legalised assisted dying. Canada, Australia, […]